It’s official! Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are husband and wife. But weeks before they walked down the aisle, Miranda says she had already been called Mrs. Shelton. “People have been calling me ‘Mrs. Shelton’ a lot. I’ll stay in a hotel room with him, and they call on the phone and say, ‘Mrs. Shelton, […]
We get requests from artists to record the Countdown in unusual places or times. Miranda Lambert asked if she could do the Countdown in Las Vegas before the Academy of Country Music Awards. She had a good reason: She was getting married in May and needed to focus on her wedding. So we got to […]
Blake Shelton marries Miranda Lambert this weekend in Texas. The two have been dating for more than five years. Blake told Country Countdown USA host Lon Helton he’s ready to get married. “I’m ready. I was ready the day I asked her.” LISTEN: Blake marriage Blake was Lon’s co-host a couple months ago, and […]
Miranda Lambert is Lon’s co-host for her wedding weekend! She has a song in the Top 5, and she looks back on a huge year where she won the CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year, a Grammy Award, and her CD went Platinum. She also talks about Blake’s success, becoming the CMA Male […]
Sara Evans performed her current hit, A Little Bit Stronger,” on the Academy of Country Music Awards. The next night, she did the Tammy Wynette classic “Stand By Your Man” on the ACM’s Girls Night Out TV special. Sara told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I felt so lucky to be given “Stand By Your […]
This story shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has young children. Sara Evans and her husband Jay have 7 pre-teen children, who love Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus. She told Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “We went to the Miley Cyrus movie premiere, and we took all 7 kids and two of my nieces, and we […]
Sara Evans will join Lon Helton as Mother’s Day weekend co-host on Country Countdown USA. She tells Lon, “My idea of a dream Mother’s Day is to play sports, so that’s what I hope to do. Like on Easter, we had several families over for a big mean and then we went out and played […]
Sara Evans joins Lon Helton to co-host Country Countdown USA on Mother’s Day weekend. Sara is the mother of 7 kids. Her current hit, “A Little Bit Stronger,” is in the Top 5. It was written by Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott. She is about to hit the road with Rascal Flatts on their Flatts Fest. Be sure […]
Jerrod Niemann is proud to say he was born in Kansas. Only a few country musicians can make that claim. But perhaps the most famous is Martina McBride. Last summer, Jerrod and Martina met for the first time in our studio. Jerrod was doing interviews for his debut single, “Lover, Lover,” and Martina was co-hosting the […]
Today we know Jerrod Niemann for hits like “Lover, Lover” and “What Do You Want.” But ten years ago, he was just a new singer/songwriter from Kansas hoping for a big break. He got it very quickly when Garth Brooks asked him & friend Ritchie Brown to write a tribute to Chris LeDoux called “Good […]
